LOT 3487
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙANOC ΑΔΡΙΑNOC ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus; L Δ (date) to upper left field. For a similar specimen cf. RPC III, 5194; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this obverse legend.(13.49gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 29mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AYTOK K MAΡ ANTW ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡЄWΝ, galley to left with captain, oarsmen, and steersman on deck; ΓT (date) below. RPC VII.2, 3625; SNG BnF 307. 13.92gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Tripolis AE 23mm. Time of Elagabalus to Severus Alexander, AD 218-235. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΤΡΙΠΟ-ΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder. RPC X Online 5565; GRPC Lydia 76. 4.55gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE 16mm of Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 21 BC. Aulus Plautius, proconsul.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[IMP CAES DIVI F AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / A • PLAVTIV-S • PROCOS, Zeus Salaminios standing to left, holding patera and short sceptre; eagle perched on his wrist. RPC I, 3907; Amandry, Julio-Claudien 2b (Salamis?); Parks 2b. 3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
